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East Timor

East Timor (i/ˌiːstˈtiːmɔːr/) or Timor-Leste (/tiˈmɔːrˈlɛʃteɪ/), Tetum: Timór Lorosa'e, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste), is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within IndonesianWest Timor. The country's size is about 15,410km2 (5,400 sqmi).

United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor

The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on 25 October 1999, until its independence on 20 May 2002, following the outcome of the East Timor Special Autonomy Referendum. Security Council Resolution 1272 established the transitional administration in 1999, and its responsibilities included providing a peacekeeping force to maintain security and order; facilitating and co-ordinating relief assistance to East Timorese; facilitating emergency rehabilitation of physical infrastructure; administering East Timor and creating structures for sustainable governance and the rule of law; and assisting in the drafting of a new constitution and conducting elections. It was led by Brazil's Sergio Vieira de Mello (Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor) and the Philippines's Lieutenant General Jaime de los Santos (Supreme Commander of the United Nations' Peacekeeping Force (PKF)).

East Timor

Sandalwood trees are evergreenCut them downPlant coffee beansBuild no schoolsConstruct no roadsMark them as foolsLet ignorance ruleLeave them stranded on their islandTreat them to the tune of silenceRed is the cross that covers out shameEvery Kingdom, every landHas it's heart in the common manSilently the tide shifts the sandBury my heart on East-TimorIn coral sandsOn golden shoresBuried are thoseWho lived their livesNo place to hide forFather and childLeave them stranded on their islandTreat them to the tune of silenceWe shake the hands that kill and forgiveEvery Kingdom, every landHas its heart in the common manSilently the tide shifts the sandBury my heart on East-TimorOn barren gravesWhere flowers won't growBlooms our Red cross lovinglyThis nightingale deedSo we can be freeStranded on their islandThis army of the silentWe toast our own goodwill and forgetEvery kingdom, every landHas its heart in the common man

East Timor

East Timor (i/ˌiːstˈtiːmɔːr/) or Timor-Leste (/tiˈmɔːrˈlɛʃteɪ/), Tetum: Timór Lorosa'e, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Portuguese: República Democrática de Timor-Leste, Tetum: Repúblika Demokrátika Timór-Leste), is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within IndonesianWest Timor. The country's size is about 15,410km2 (5,400 sqmi).

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Earlier this month, a group of prominent cross-benchers wrote to Margaret Stone, the inspector general of intelligence services (IGIS), asking her to investigate whether the 2004 mission to spy on EastTimor broke intelligence laws....

"The government shouldn't be going after the whistleblower and his lawyer, they should be going after those who broke the law by spying on EastTimor in 2004," said Mr Wilkie, a former intelligence analyst ...EastTimor dropped the spy case against Australia last year as an act of goodwill before signing a new resources treaty....

By Jacco Zwetsloot ... The excitement was palpable ... Under SOFA, US soldiers on duty are covered by US militarylaw and if there is a trial, it is to be in a US military court. (A similar SOFA covered Korean troops stationed in EastTimor and Iraq, when they were there.). The students and others in Melbourne marched to call for a change in this law ... ....

“The negotiations that were under way between Australia and EastTimor were negotiations subject to the requirements of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties,” he said ... I was leading the EastTimor negotiations at that time,” Galbraith told GuardianAustralia ... I’m just pleased that EastTimor finally got what it wanted.”....

Former southeast Asian dictators are back in vogue at the moment ... Najib denies any wrongdoing ... "I have done my term and according to the laws I now have the same rights as anyone else ... Subianto, Suharto's son-in-law, polled well despite a chequered history of alleged human rights abuses in EastTimor and Papua ... Advertisement. ....

It is in that spirit that signing of an agreement between Australia and EastTimor to demarcate maritime borders took place ... The subsequent liberation of EastTimor left the fledgling state in a parlous, near-death state ... EastTimor argued for a maritime border lying half way between it and Australia; Australia, that it follow its continental shelf....

Australia and EastTimor signed a historic treaty drawing their maritime boundary, ending years of bitter wrangling over billions of dollars of oil and gas riches lying beneath the Timor Sea and opening a new chapter in relations ... “Today is indeed a momentous day that will be recorded in EastTimor’s history and be remembered and celebrated....

"Today is indeed a momentous day that will be recorded in EastTimor's history and be remembered and celebrated ...EastTimor achieving its ambition of a border midway between the two countries could encourage Indonesia to renegotiate its own much longer maritime boundary with Australia, agreed in 1971 under outdated international law....

"Today is indeed a momentous day that will be recorded in EastTimor's history and be remembered and celebrated ...EastTimor achieving its ambition of a border midway between the two countries could encourage Indonesia to renegotiate its own much longer maritime boundary with Australia, agreed in 1971 under outdated international law....

Bishop told reporters that under the treaty EastTimor would get the biggest share of revenue from exploiting the oil and gas ...EastTimor achieving its ambition of a border midway between the two nations could encourage Indonesia to renegotiate its own much longer maritime boundary with Australia, agreed in 1971 under outdated international law....